" It was my first lesson in love. No matter how much you love someone, you can’t hold on to them forever… unless you want their skin to fall off. "

After watching Toy Story 5, I found myself reminiscing about my own favourite childhood toy, Jack Rabbit.

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Her enthusiasm for getting people into a room baffled and pained him.

This week's Quack is about the time mum opened up her home to the public to showcase her late partner Richard Nott's studio and art collection. Guest starring a whippet named Wesel. Please note this Quack covers sensitive topics.

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'I was in the woods surrounded by pixilated men tied to trees...'

In this week's episode, I visit an immersive Viking experience in Canada Water. I had visions of crossing wild seas and battling Vikings... but it wasn't *quite* that.

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‘Is there ever a time you feel more peer pressure than when you’re with your partner’s friends?’

This week is about friends and partners and those vital first impressions. Includes a facepalm moment involving Tequila.

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'Biological clocks were ticking; hairlines were receding; we had no time for dating games. And yet, there were games. So many games...'

This Quack is about my rusty dating years and how that time inspired my second novel, Bad Dates Club.

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'We were doing leg circles when a man farted so loudly that it disturbed my inner peace for days...'

This week, we go on my "Yoga journey" from a fancy Reformer Pilates studio to a hot-pod yoga tent in North London... and all the mishaps along the way.

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"Oh! Maybe I should come as the Easter Bunny!' 🐰

On this week's Quack, I go back to the 90s, when the Easter Bunny didn't quite live up to my expectations. And all these easter eggs have me thinking about my own eggs...

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"We watched in awe as the husband emerged from the sea with his new wife on his shoulders..."

It's time for some winter sun. Roman and I went on holiday to a (not-so) inclusive resort in the Maldives and encountered a very interesting bunch of people.

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